A team with a plan coasts by a team without one. It wasn’t a thrashing, and it probably could have been. Cristiano Ronaldo scores goals in Europe, and Manchester United ’s defence is a skittish and unsettled collective. But Ronaldo was quiet, and David de Gea did what he does, and in the end Juve...

Tactically Naive discusses Madrid, Jose Mourinho’s struggles, and Arsenal’s resurgence. Football? Football! Soccer? Soccer! Welcome back to Tactically Naive, in which you can call this wonderful game whatever you want, as long as you are prepared to admit that it is Good. Even when it’s Bad. Onwa...